- Family : AMARYLLIDACEAE
(Amaryllis Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SUDARSHAN FAMILY (सुदर्शन फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaryllidaceae
- Synonym(s) : Bulbine asiatica (L.) Gaertn.; Crinum brevifolium Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crinum asiaticum L.
- Common name : Poison bulb
- Vernacular name :
- Chindar, Pindar, Kanval, Hatikanda (Hindi)
- Visha munguli, Nagadali (Kannada)
- Vishamungil (Tamil)
- Sudarshan, Vishamandala (Sanskrit)
- Nagdaun (Marathi)
- Puzhatthali (Malayalam)
- Arsa (Oria)
- Visha mungali, Kesar chettu (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : On the sandy grounds fronting the sea in deltaic forests
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 500m on the slopes; Sandy coasts; Wet places in deciduous forests
- Flower, Fruit : March-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Vizianagaram district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Bengaluru district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Virajapete)
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Satara district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Kendrapara district, Cuttack district, also cultivated in gardens
- Tamil Nadu : All hills of Tamil Nadu
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mauritius
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Norfolk Islands, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 258
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crinum asiaticum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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